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05-12-2009, 09:13 PM
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wowinsider.com/media/2009/05/wi-cheersunwell.jpgEvery Tuesday, Shifting Perspectives (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/shifting-perspectives/) explores issues affecting Druids and those who group with them. This week, we plagiarize from Stephen Hawking, jack a WABAC Machine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_machine), and begin a joyride through the evolution of the Druid class.

Dear Blizzard,

There are too many bosses to write about in Ulduar. I find this vexing. Please eliminate 5.

Sincerely,

Sleepless in Silithus

Salutations, Druids. As is probably obvious, we're going to take a detour out of Ulduar class strategy this week, because I'm going to shoot myself if I have to write about another boss I haven't been able to smack around since the PTR. We'll be back for Freya, Thorim, and assorted vaguely Norse-sounding entitites wishing to destroy the world for some unspecified reason but they drop phat lewtz so who cares next week.

Anyway, one of the things that's fascinated me about the Druid class since Burning Crusade is the growth in its popularity. Historically we have never been among the more commonly-played classes, and for a wide swathe of classic WoW and BC, were actually the least-played class or within the bottom 3. While there are various reasons for this (and I could devote a column to how this probably happened), Druids became more popular as time went on, and an increasing number of people began to play the class without knowing just how far it's come.

A little time spent reading through Wowwiki (http://www.wowwiki.com/Portal:Main)'s list of the game's patches (http://www.wowwiki.com/Patches) makes for interesting reading. A little more than 5 years ago, Druids could Feign Death, the Feral 31-point talent was Improved Pounce, and Moonkin form wasn't even in a gleam in a designer's eye.Continue reading Shifting Perspectives: A brief history of time (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/05/12/shifting-perspectives-a-brief-history-of-time/)

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